Stop it, Taoist, Your Fight almost Ruins the DAO!

Chapter 247 Gains, Mysteries, and Guesses, What Are You Doing?

Yi Chen was naturally oblivious to the fact that Wo Long and Feng Chu were once again buffing him; at this moment, his gaze was solely fixed on the man before him, who was emanating a powerful aura of deadly, quietus from his corpse.

"Kid, you're courting death."

As a vast surge of corpse energy burst forth, tearing through the Earth-Slaying Judgment Domain, Shi Changsheng launched a fierce attack on Yi Chen.

At this moment, a small section of his fingernail had flown off his hand.

Having a junior sever his nail had ignited a furious rage within him, who was always full of pride.

All of this was because Yi Chen's Supreme True Martial God Halberd Technique had suddenly erupted, catching him off guard. He had been holding Yi Chen in contempt, intending to subdue him, but alas, an old horse had stumbled.

"I've changed my mind, junior."

"I will crush your bones one by one until my hatred is satisfied."

Shi Changsheng's voice was full of venom as the grey corpse energy around him surged, his complexion turning a ghastly grey, no longer resembling the elegant, green-robed scholar he was before.

Now that he was going all out, his true Corpse Emperor form was revealed.

"Old man, you'll have to catch me first~"

A hint of greed flickered through Yi Chen's eyes as he immediately transformed into a streak of white light, shooting towards the far-off mountains and rivers.

Provoking enmity was his specialty.

Lotus City shrank behind Yi Chen, the white light around him growing more intense. In a corner where Shi Changsheng couldn't see, Yi Chen's disguise was slowly melting away like a candle, revealing his true face.

Shi Changsheng did not notice, he was just furiously roaring in the background, sending out beams of grey energy one after another. The two of them, one chasing and one fleeing, quickly arrived over a mountain stream.

It was then that Shi Changsheng realized something was amiss. He looked at the huge figure shrouded in white light, halted his movement, and said coldly, "Who are you really, and what do you want to do?"

The white light slowly dissipated to reveal a tall and robust figure standing three meters tall, his body gleaming like purple gold under the sunlight.

Even a fleeting glimpse of this figure gave off a strong and powerful vibe.

Purple patterns covered his body, with the eye-catching tattoo of a blue Qilin on his waist and abdomen. Dragon and tiger tattoos sprawled over his arms and back.

"You can call me World-Shaking Pure Yang, Yi Chengzi."

"Old fellow, you ask what I want to do? Of course, I want you to try and kill me~" A trace of light flickered at the corner of Yi Chen's mouth.

Without waiting for Shi Changsheng to speak, he discarded his halberd, relying solely on a pair of purple-gold fists to smash down on Shi Changsheng with force.

He wanted to test how strong he had become; the punching bag before him was an excellent test subject.

Bang!

"Nether Turtle Shield, activate!"

Shi Changsheng crossed his arms, and a shield-like artifact, reminiscent of a basin, suddenly appeared, spinning wildly to intercept Yi Chen's impending iron fist.

Faced with this astonishing transformation, Shi Changsheng even brought out his protective magic artifact without hesitation.

Bang!

Ever since absorbing the grand Divine Power essence, Yi Chen's physical strength had skyrocketed, and he was currently under the state of Divine Power activation.

This punch, pure in speed and strength, was domineering to the extreme.

The purple-gold fist quickly met the Nether Turtle Shield.

At the moment when Yi Chen's punch abruptly halted, Shi Changsheng opened his mouth wide. A foul-smelling purple corpse energy spurted from his mouth and struck Yi Chen's cultivation body.

At that moment, the shield, having dissipated eighty percent of the punch's strength, could no longer hold and shattered. The remaining twenty percent of the force slammed into Shi Changsheng's body, sending him crashing into the side of the mountain.

Shortly thereafter, a disheveled figure, resembling a malevolent spirit, burst forth from the mountainside. Before the figure arrived, his laughter could already be heard.

"Haha, foolish boy, how do you like the taste of my years-long cultivated Purple Poison Yin Scale Qi?"

Shi Changsheng, tattered and ragged, stood before Yi Chen with a spring breeze on his face.

"Fool, stop pretending. I've seen through it all."

"This Purple Poison Yin Scale Qi, created from the condensed hatred of countless tortured corpses and merged with the world's various deadliest poisons, is the most toxic substance under the heavens. You fool were so full of yourself that you took it all in."

"The hateful energy of those corpses has to come from malevolent ones who suffered terribly before dying, filled with relentless hatred. Are you feeling various abnormalities in your mind right now?"

"With this poison, I've killed a True Monarch, who had half a step into the Path."

As Shi Changsheng assumed he had the upper hand, an odd expression crossed Yi Chen's face.

"It felt a little hot at first, but then it was fine. I feel even more energized now," Yi Chen replied, as straightforward as a top-class lecturer.

"A little hot?"

Shi Changsheng looked at Yi Chen's magic body, which didn't even have a single white spot, in astonishment and started to panic.

That's impossible~

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It absolutely can't be.

In astonishment, a fist as big as a begging bowl rapidly enlarged in his field of vision.

Bang!

Shi Changsheng was once again sent flying like a kite with its string cut, blossoming a second time as he crashed into the creek within the mountain ravine.

A black boot stepped into the water, causing a small splash, and a purple-golden palm appeared on Shi Changsheng's neck, hoisting him up.

"Why are you so weak, you don't even qualify to test the limits of my strength."

"You've wasted most of your life, a trash that might as well have lived as a dog."

"Can't you tell I'm only nineteen years old?"

"I really yearn for a thrilling battle."

Crack, with a sudden kick, Shi Changsheng's left knee bent at a horrifying ninety degrees under the immense force.

Pale white bone pierced through the skin, protruding outside.

"Tell me, who is the person behind the attack on Hehuan Sect, and I might consider not killing you," Yi Chen's eyes began to emit a strange, eerie light.

He had felt something was amiss the moment Shi Changsheng made his appearance.

It was very intriguing that a stranger of True Monarch realm could hide under the watch of the Hehuan Sect.

"You... you think Shi is a three-year-old child?"

"Haha, just wait for death. Someone will surely claim your life, and Shi will wait for you on the road to the underworld…"

Intense mana fluctuations emanated from within Shi Changsheng, indicating he intended to self-destruct.

Fortunately, Yi Chen was quick to act, preventing the tragedy by killing him beforehand, otherwise the culpability of his suicide would have been significant.

A stream of information suddenly appeared before Yi Chen's eyes.

[You have successfully killed Shi Changsheng, Deep Red Points +6800]

"Interesting."

Yi Chen stretched lazily, though his thoughts spun rapidly.

As a True Monarch-level zombie ghost, Shi Changsheng undoubtedly controlled a powerful existence capable of maintaining dominance over himself, and extracting his memories was as difficult as scaling heaven, unless he cooperated voluntarily.

Extracting the memories of a True Monarch-level expert was nearly impossible, even for someone two major ranks above.

True Monarch experts could annihilate all their memories in an instant, merely at the thought of it, so Yi Chen decided to interrogate Shi Changsheng, even employing a bewitchment ability in an attempt to coax the information out, but to no avail.

Nevertheless, it didn't matter. Sometimes, silence is also an answer.

For instance, the person behind the scenes might be so powerful that Shi Changsheng preferred death over betrayal.

Or perhaps he had something he valued even more than his own life.

Or perhaps...

"Lu Cun Xingjun, you'll have to pay me more for this job!"

"If it's as I suspect, this case is going to be tough."

The thought of a certain speculation made Yi Chen sigh inwardly.

He slipped the storage ring from Shi Changsheng's hand, with dark blood seeping into the creek water, after a quick rinse Yi Chen threaded it along with the ones he obtained from the Black Mountain Three Evils.

He began his own collection journey once again.

"Calling yourself Shi Changsheng, see, now you're dead, just like an old acquaintance of mine named Wu Changshou, who perished mid-way."

"Your name should carry some weight, Yi Chen Yi Cheng, learning the cultivation technique is just a matter of practice."

In consideration of the many Deep Red Points Shi Changsheng had contributed, Yi Chen still chose to cremate him.

A white fire seed landed on Shi Changsheng's cadaver, instantly turning it into a pile of black ash.

Yi Chen's features morphed, reverting to the appearance of Zhang San, which bore a seventy percent resemblance to his own. He also lowered his aura a level, feigning an unstable state, and only then did he clear the scene, stumbling towards Lotus City.

Halfway there, suddenly three lights descended quickly before him, revealing their figures.

A white-robed beauty, a red-skirted beauty, and the one who was crying as if the rain was pear blossoms, Zhen Ruan, appeared.

Before Yi Chen could speak, Zhen Ruan suddenly flung herself into his embrace like a swallow returning to the woods at dusk, clinging tightly around his waist with her tender arms, as if terrified he would disappear the next second.

Her chest pressed firmly against Yi Chen's.

Zhen Ruan.

Yi Chen was somewhat dumbfounded.

"Zhen Ruan, my fellow daoist."

"What are you doing (ah)~"